The Lounge Lizards S/T debut LP 1981 NEAR MINT VINYL

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The Lounge Lizards

self-titled debut

Editions EG ?– EGHL 108  Vinyl, LP, Album 1981 (Canada)

One might be forgiven for mistaking the Lounge Lizards' debut album for a traditional jazz release at a glance, what with the two Thelonious Monk covers and the participation of producer Teo Macero (who had previously worked with such heavyweights as Miles Davis, Dave Brubeck and Ella Fitzgerald, to name just a few). No, while there's definitely great respect shown here for the jazz tradition, the members are obviously coming at it from different backgrounds -- most especially guitarist Arto Lindsay, whose occasional atonal string scraping owes far more to his experience in New York City's no wave scene than to quote unquote traditional jazz. In fact, the two aforementioned Monk covers seem a strange choice when you actually hear the band, which has more in common with sonic experimentalists like Ornette Coleman or Sun Ra. That's not to say that this is too experimental; saxophonist and lead Lizard John Lurie knows when to blow noise and when to blow melody, and ex-Feelies drummer Anton Fier manages to infuse a good rock feel into the drum parts even when he's playing incredibly complex rhythms. The end result is a album that neatly straddle both worlds, whether it's the noir-ish "Incident on South Street," the art-funk of "Do the Wrong Thing," or the thrash-bebop found in "Wangling"."

Tracklist
A1 Incident On South Street
Written-By – J. Lurie
3:27
A2 Harlem Nocturne
Written-By – Earle Hagen
2:08
A3 Do The Wrong Thing
Written-By – J. Lurie, S. Piccolo
2:45
A4 Au Contraire Arto
Written-By – J. Lurie
3:30
A5 Well You Needn't
Written-By – Thelonius Monk
1:57
A6 Ballad
Written-By – J. Lurie
3:30
A7 Wangling
Written-By – J. Lurie
3:05
B1 Conquest Of Rar
Written-By – A. Fier, E. Lurie, J. Lurie
3:21
B2 Demented
Written-By – J. Lurie
2:05
B3 I Remember Coney Island
Written-By – J. Lurie
3:35
B4 Fatty Walks
Written-By – J. Lurie
3:00
B5 Epistrophy
Written-By – Kenneth Clarke, Thelonius Monk
4:21
B6 You Haunt Me
Written-By – J. Lurie
3:45

Bass – Steve Piccolo
Design [Sleeve Design] – Peter Saville
Drums – Anton Fier
Engineer – Frank Laico, Ted Brosman
Guitar – Arto Lindsay
Keyboards – Evan Lurie
Mixed By – Don Puluse
Photography By – Fran Pelzman
Producer – Teo Macero
Recorded By – Teo Macero
Saxophone – John Lurie

textured cover

Vinyl Near Mint in a paper inner sleeve and VERY GOOD outer sleeve (slight ring wear)